Happy Birthday to you Dear Sophia. I really enjoyed designing and making this for you and the minkee your mom picked out is very pretty and adds such a nice effect to the borders and back. I hope you enjoy it for many years to come! Thank you for letting me make your quilt!This is one of my favorites for sure!

This sweet quilt was a rather hard one to make. The young widow gave me some of his favorite clothes to have me make her a "Special Keepsake Quilt" for her and her children to hold close to their heart in loving memory of HIM!! She cried in my arms when I delivered it to her. and said she would probably tuck it away for a while. It is difficult to know that this is what you have left from someone you loved so much. God bless her and her three small children.

God.Love.Family.Friends.Pets.Fun.Creativity

When my sisters and I were very young all three of us loved to make things. I think that was the way kids entertained themselves in those days. Our mother sat us down with old clothes and needles and thread and we made our dolls clothes.
My creativity grew from there and I found myself in high school making all of my own clothes. I did get a lot of attention with my matching outfits including hats. Since I was shy maybe that was my way of creating my own world and at the same time getting attention.
I finally did get tired of making clothes and went into quilting. The first year I quilted I made every family member quilts, quilts and more quilts.
You can only make so many quilts and so many bags before you have no space left. What is a very nutty creative person going to do about this?? Well you are going to open an ETSY shop and sell some of this stuff, right?? http://fabricartist21.etsy.com/My neighbor asked me to make her a T-Shirt Quilt and I have been doing that for over a year now. I take special orders through my Etsy shop. I have become very busy with this business and will continue to create t-shirt quilts as long as their are customers that want them.

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